Corn-husking implement.



No. 728,113. PATENTBD MAY 12, 1903. F. n. KEBS. v

CORN HUSKING, IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED mo. 24, 1902.-

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UNITED STATES Patented IVIay 12, 1903.

FREDERICK 1). KEES, or BEATRICE, NEBRASKA.

CORN-HUSKING IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,113, dated May12,1903.

Application filed. December 24, 1902. Serial No. 136,487. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK D. KEES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Beatrice, in the county of Gage and State of Nebraska, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Corn-Husking Implements, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful im-- provements in corn-huskingimplements; and its object is to provide a simple device of inexpensiveconstruction which may be readily attached to the hand and wrist of theoperator and which is so constructed as to firmly grasp the husksengaged thereby and hold them as long as desired during the operation ofhusking.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists inproviding a wristband, to the front edge of which is secured a plateadapted to embrace andrest upon the palm of the hand and to besecuredthereto. The sides of this plate are curved upward, and arrangedbetween these sides is a hook, the prongs of which are eccentric withthe curved face of the plate, whereby when husks' are drawn under saidhook the same are clamped upon the upwardly-turned edges and securelyheld therein.

The invention also consists in the further novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying'drawings, showing the preferred form ofmy invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my improvedhusking device. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the plate and thehook thereon, and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a band adaptedto be secured to the wrist of the operator by means of straps 2, securedat one end thereof and adapted to To the forward edgeof'this band issecured a plate 4, which conforms to the curvature of the palm of theoperator and has upwardlycurved side edges 5. A laterally-extending arm6 is arranged at the outer end of this plate and is so curved as toembrace one edge of the hand at a point between the thumb and firstfinger. This arm is secured in such position by means of a strap 7fastened theret0, having a buckle 8 adapted to be engaged by theopposite end 9 of the strap, which extends from the opposite side of theplate. Riveted or otherwise secured to the upper face of the plate 4 isan 'angular plate 10, having inwardly-extending prongs 11 forming arecess therebetween, said prongs being located between theupwardly-turned edges 5 and eccentric therewith.

In operation the device is secured to the hand of the operator in themanner described, and after the ear of corn has been grasped in theother hand the prongs 11 are forced into the husks, and the curved edges5 serve the purpose of cams and force the husks against the undersurfaces of said prongs and clamp them in such position. The husks arethus held until the car has been sufficiently exposed, when by drawingthe husks longitudi- 'nally*they may be readily withdrawn from under theprongs.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve theright to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of myinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new i's 1. In acorn-husking implement, the combination with a band, and means forsecuring said band to the wrist of' an operator;. of a plate extendingfrom the band, upwardlycurved cam edges thereto, a hook arranged betweenthe edges and eccentric therewith, whereby husks maybe clamped betweenit and the edges of the plate for engagement by the hook, and means forsecuring the outer end of the plate to the hand of the'operator.

2. In a corn-huskingimplement, the combination with a band, and meansfor securing the same to a wrist of an operator; of a outer end of theplate to the hand of the 0pplate extending from said band andconformerator. 1o ing with the curvature of the palm of the op- Intestimony whereof I affix my signature erator, a hook secured to andextending over in presence of two Witnesses.

the plate, upwardly-turned cam edges to the FREDERICK D. KEES. plateeccentric with the hook and adapted to Witnesses:

clamp hnsks against said hook for engage- LA FAYETTE NELSON,

ment thereby, and means for securing the TOM K. YULE.

